译林版牛津高中英语(必修2):Unit3 Amazing people-Project(1)

What is the most fun you can have in 21 hours and 23 minutes?

在21小时23分里你能做的最有趣的事情是什么？

On 15 October 2003, Yang Liwei answered this question.

2003年10月15日，杨利伟回答了这个问题。

His voyage¹ in space took him 600,000 kilometres in orbit²,

他的太空旅行在轨道中运行60万公里，

around the Earth 14 times, in just over 21 hours.

环绕地球14圈，仅用了21个多小时。

It made him China's first astronaut in space.

这次太空旅行使他成为了中国航天第一人。

He had worked towards this achievement for many years.

他为这一成就努力奋斗了多年。

Born in 1965, Yang had wanted to fly since he was a young boy.

杨出生于1965年，很小的时候就想飞上天空。

His friends and teachers from Suizhong in north-east of Liaoning Province have all said that he loved science and technology from a young age.

从辽宁省东北部绥中县来的朋友和老师都说他小时候就热爱科学和技术。

He always had a strong desire to learn how to fly.

对于学习飞上天的方法，他总是有着很强烈的愿望。

His dream was encouraged by his parents as well as his older sister and younger brother.

他的梦想得到了父母以及姐姐、弟弟的鼓励。

In 1983, he joined the army, and went to flight school.

1983年杨利伟参军，并进入飞行学校学习。

He graduated in 1987 and became a pilot.

1987年毕业并成为了一名飞行员。

In 1998, he applied³ to be a member of Project 921, which is now called Shenzhou.

1998年，他申请了921计划成为其中一名成员，也就是现在的神州。

He was one of the only 14 selected from 1,500 candidates⁴.

他是从1500名候选人中脱颖而出的14人之一。

The team spent the next five years being trained.

这支队伍用接下来的5年时间进行训练。

They not only studied all the subjects required to be an astronaut, but also learnt survival⁵ skills and all about how spaceships and rockets are built.

他们不仅学习作为一名宇航员所要求的所有学科，而且还学习生存技巧以及所有航天飞船和火箭的建造方法。

Yang scored among the very top in everything the group studied.

杨在队伍所学的各科中都取得很高的分数。

1 voyage   

n.航行，航海，航程，旅行，航空；vi./vt.航海，航行；渡过，飞过

参考例句：

• Life is compared to a voyage.人生好比航海。
• The December weather favoured our voyage.12月的天气使我们的航行顺利。

2 orbit   

n.轨道；vt.使沿轨道运行；使进入轨道运行；vi.沿轨道运行，环行

参考例句：

• The space rocket was launched and went into orbit.宇宙火箭发射后进入轨道。
• We can draw the earth's orbit round the sun.我们可以画出地球绕太阳运行的轨迹。

3 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。

4 candidates   

n.报考者( candidate的名词复数 )；申请求职者；攻读学位者；最后命运或结局如何已显然可见者

参考例句：

• Employers must consider all candidates impartially and without bias. 雇主必须公平而毫无成见地考虑所有求职者。
• one of the leading candidates for the presidency 总统职位的主要候选人之一

5 survival   

n.留住生命，生存，残存，幸存者

参考例句：

• The doctor told my wife I had a fifty-fifty chance of survival.医生告诉我的妻子，说我活下去的可能性只有50%。
• The old man was a survival of a past age.这位老人是上一代的遗老。